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HAIR TRENDS FOR 2024 : A GLIMPSE INTO THE YEAR AHEAD

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Mar 27
3 min

HAIR TRENDS FOR 2024 : A GLIMPSE INTO THE YEAR AHEAD

As we step further into 2024, our world-leading hair salon team are at the forefront of bringing trends to life through innovative...

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Mar 26
2 min

Hot Cross Loaf

We’re in the foothills of Easter and I’ve wondered why celebratory cakes from England, Israel, and Greece are all quite similar. Hot...

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Mar 26
2 min

Individual Mini Egg Easter Cakes

Here's a way to bring some colour and the joys of Spring into the home. I had to barricade the chocolate eggs from the family whilst...

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Mar 26
1 min

Gluten Free Peach & Olive Oil Cake

The perfect balance of lightness, moistness and crumb. The sweet peach plays nicely off the savoury olive oil and sweet almond. Gluten...

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Jan 17
2 min

Algerian Lemon & Olive Oil Cookies

There are lots of themes in cuisine that run through much of Southern Europe, North Africa, the Middle and Near East. The conquering of...

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Jan 17
2 min

Greek New Year Cake

This is one of those simple looking cakes that's absolutely moreish so takes a little self-discipline once you start eating....

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Jan 17
2 min

Sweet Pastry Mince Pies

This is my more traditional alternative to last week's puff pastry version. Smaller than usual and with a high filling to pastry ratio,...

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Jan 17
1 min

Puff Pastry Mince Pies

It's Christmas, and thank you, I don't mind if I do - yes, I like a mince pie. But often with the ones I'm offered, I find the balance of...

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Nov 16, 2023
2 min

Hair Loss in the Menopause

Here at the Sleek and Chic Salon we’ve seen generations of clients go through the menopause. For 40 years I’ve touched and felt the...